The largest civil rights class action lawsuit in U.S.history centered around gender discrimination at Walmart. The U.S.Supreme Court ruling in this case is best supported by which of the following statements?
A)The Supreme Court found that the gender stereotype of women workers as fundamentally inferior to male workers was ingrained in Walmart's culture and led to discrimination.
B)The Supreme Court found that Walmart did have policies against discrimination and that the unfair treatment of women happened at the local level.
C)The Supreme Court found that a group of over one million women could not be certified as a class, and because of individual circumstance variability, did not have enough in common to band together.
D)The Supreme Court found that leaders at Walmart failed to monitor pay and promotion practices at its 3400 stores.

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The Supreme Court's ruling in this case was that the class of over one million women who had brought the discrimination case against Walmart could not be certified as a class because their individual circumstances and experiences were too diverse and did not have enough in common to band together in a class action lawsuit. Therefore, option C is the best supported statement. The other answer choices address different aspects of the case but do not accurately reflect the Supreme Court's ruling.

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